英语新闻常用词汇
云南天文台-婚宴主持词
英语新闻常用词汇有一些如表示“破坏”或“损坏”一词意义的动词，标题一般
不用da
mage，而用一些较之简短的词，如hit，harm，hurt,ruin或wreck等。又
如表
示“放弃”这一概念的动词，标题一般不用abandon，而用drop，giveup，
quit，
skip或yield 等，表示“爆炸”之类的动词意义时，一般不用 explode，
而用bla
st，crash，ram或smash等词。简而言之，英语新闻标题大都喜欢选用
字形短小、音节不
多而意义又比较广泛的词。
aid=assist(帮助，援助)
alter=change or modify(改变)
ask=inquire(询问)
assail=denounce(谴责)
axe=dismiss
educe(解雇，减少)
balk=impede(阻碍)
ban=prohibit
or forbid(禁止)
bar=prevent(防止，阻止)
bare=expose or reveal(暴露，揭露)
blast=explode(爆炸)
begin=commence(开始)
bid=attempt(努力)
bilk=cheat(欺骗)
bolt=desert or abandon(放弃)
boost=increase(增加，提高)
check=examine(检查)
claim=ause the death of.。.(夺去……的生命)
clash=disagree strong1y(发生分歧，争议)
curb=control or restrict(控制)
dip=decIlne
or decrease(下降)
ease=lessen(减轻，缓和)
end=terminate(结束，中止)
flay=criticize(批评)
flout=insult(侮辱)
foil=prevent from(阻止，防止)
grill =
investigate(调查)
gut=destroy(摧毁)
head=direct(率领)
hold=arrest(逮捕)
laud=praise(赞扬)
lop=diminish(下降，减少)
map=work out(制订)
mark=celebrate(庆祝)
name=appoint ominate(命名，提名)
moot=discuss(讨论)
mull=consider(考虑)
Beat generation 垮掉的一代
Tea-ceremony 茶道
Badger game 美人计
Scene stealer 抢镜头的人
Hooligan 阿飞，足球流氓
Repeated offender 惯犯
Double agent 双重间谍
Mr. Big 黑社会老大
Love
child 私生子
Box news 花边新闻
Screen agers
整天看电视玩电脑的孩子
June-December wedding 双方年龄悬殊的婚姻
King’s English 标准英语
Leap dayyear
闰日2.29年366
Maid of Orleans 圣女贞德
Narrow
squeak(口)九死一生的脱险
Ninja turtle 忍者神龟
Poet
laureate 桂冠诗人
Ponytail 马尾辫
Protestant 新教徒
Pulitzer Prize 普利策奖
Rat race 激烈的竞争
Red-light district 红灯区
Reader’s Digest
读者文摘
Russian roulette 俄罗斯轮盘赌
Sexual
harassment 性骚扰
Short fuse 易怒的脾气
Soft-soap
奉承讨好
Silent contribution 隐名捐款
Silly money
来路不明的钱
Silver screen 银幕，电影界
Summer
complaint 夏季病，拉肚子
Tenth-rate 最低等的，劣等的
Verticallateral thinking 纵向，横向思维
Wide-body
大部头的作品
Wheel of life (佛教)轮回
Xenomania 媚外
Yearbook 年鉴年刊
Zen 禅
Paparazzi 狗仔队
Show people 娱乐界人士
Exotic dance 脱衣舞
Bearish 行情下跌的
Bullish 行情上涨的
State
prisoner 政治犯
Stowaway 偷渡者，逃票的乘客
Plainclothesman 便衣警察
Police dog 警犬
nab=arrest(逮捕)
nip=defeat(击败)
ease=lessen(减轻，缓和)
end=terminate(结束，中止)
flay=criticize(批评)
flout=insult(侮辱)
foil=prevent from(阻止，防止)
grill =
investigate(调查)
gut=destroy(摧毁)
head=direct(率领)
hold=arrest(逮捕)
laud=praise(赞扬)
lop=diminish(下降，减少)
map=work out(制订)
mark=celebrate(庆祝)
name=appoint ominate(命名，提名)
moot=discuss(讨论)
mull=consider(考虑)
nab=arrest(逮捕)
nip=defeat(击败)
slay=murder(谋杀)
soar=skyrocket(急剧上升)
spur=encourage(激励，鞭策)
swap=exchange(交流，交换)
sway=influence(影响)
trim=reduce(削减)
vie=compete(竞争)
vow=determine(决心，发誓)
weigh=consider(考虑)(徐川)
Accord: agreement
Air: to make known, broadcast
Assail: To
criticize strongly
Axe: To dismiss from a job;
To cut, destroy, take away
Back: To support
Balk: To refuse to accept
Ban:
Prohibition; prohibit
Bar: Not to allow,
exclude
Bid: Attempt, offer
Bilk: To
cheat
Blast: Explosion; strong criticism; To
criticize strongly; strike with
explosives
Blaze: Fire
Blow: Injury disappointment
suffered
Boost: promotionpromote, increase,
support
Chide: Ridicule
Claim: To declare
to be true; To kill
Clash: Dispute, violent
argument, Battle (n.); To disagree strongly; fight
(v.)
Cool: Uninterested; unfriendly
Coup: Revolution, change in government
Curb: Restraint, limit
Deadlock: A
disagreement that cannot be settled
Deal:
Agreement
Drive: Campaign, effort
Due:
Expected
Envoy: Diplomat
Eye: To watch
with interest
Face: Unfergo
Fault: To find
in the wrong
Feud: Dispute, strong
disagreement
Flay: To accuse; criticize
strongly
Foe: Opponent; enemy
Foil: To
prevent from succeeding
Gems: Jewels
Go-
ahead: Approval
Grab: Seize, win
Grip: To
take hold of
Gut: To destroy completely by
fire
Halt: Stop
Haul: Large quantity which
has been stolen and later discovered
Head: To
lead, direct
Head off: To prevent
Held: To
restrict
Heist: Theft
Hit: To affect badly
Hold: To keep in police control; detain
Ink: To sign
Jet: Aero plane
Jobless: Unemployed
Key: Essential, vital,
very, important
Kick off: To begin
Lash
out: To criticize strongly; accuse
Laud: To
praise
Launch: To begin
Line: Position;
demand
Link: To connect
Loom: Expected in
the near future
Loot: To take away of valuable
goods unlawfully (v.); Stolen money or goods
(n.)
Man: Representative
Nab: To
capture
Net: To total; To capture
Nod:
Approval
Ordeal: Painful experience, drama
Office: An important government position
Opt: Choose; decide
Oust: To take power
away from, push out, drive out, replace
Output: Production
Pact: Agreement, treaty
Pay: Wages, salary
Pit: Coal mine
Plea: Request for help
Pledge: Promise
Plunge: Steep fall
Poised: Ready for
action
Poll: Election, public opinion
survey; Voting station
Post: Position in
government, business, etc.
Press for: To
demand, ask for
Probe: investigation
Prompt: To cause
Push: Encourage, support
Quit: Leave, resign
Quiz: Question,
interrogation
Rage: To burn out of control
Raid: Attack, robbery
Rap: Accusation;
charge; To criticize, reprimand
Riddle:
Mystery
Rock: To shock; to surprise
Rout:
To defeat completely
Row: To quarrel,
argument, dispute
Rule: To decide (especially
in court)
Rule out: To not consider as a
possibility
Sack: Dismiss from a job
Sack
(from “ransack”): To search thoroughly and rob
Scare: Public alarm
Set: Decide on, ready
Slam: criticize
Smash: defeat
Slay: To
kill or murder
Snag: Problem; difficulty
Snub: To pay no attention to
Soar: To
rise rapidly
Solon: legislator
Spark: To cause; to lead to action
Split: To divide
Squeeze: Shortage,
scarcity
Stalemate: A disagreement that cannot
be settled
Stall: Making no progress
Stance: Attitude, way of thinking
Stem: To
prevent or stop
Storm: Angry reaction, dispute
Strife: conflict
Sway: To influence or
persuade
Swindle: An unlawful way of getting
money
Switch: Change, deviation
Swoop:
Sudden attack or raid
Talks: discussion
Thwart: To prevent from being successful
Ties: relations
Top: To exceed
Tot:
Child
Trim：To cut
Trigger：To cause
Urge: insist, strongly request
Vie：To
compete
Void：To determine to be invalid
Vow：To promise
Walkout：Strike (often
unofficial)
Wed: To marry
Wedlock:
Marriage
Weigh：To consider
accomplice ： 同案犯
adult business
district ： 红灯区
agricrime ： 农业犯罪
armed
robbery ：武装抢劫
arrest warrant ： 逮捕证
arson
： 纵火
assassin ： 暗杀
assault ： 袭击
attack dog ： 攻击犬
back-alley butcher ：
卑鄙的屠夫
surrealism ：超现实主义
bail ： 保释金
ballistics ： 弹道学
blackmail ： 敲诈，勒索
black market ： 黑市
blood money ： 血腥钱
body bag ： 装尸袋
bomb squad ： 爆破小组
bootlegging ： 贩卖违禁品
break-in ： 非法闯入
bribery ： 行贿受贿
bucket shop ： 投机商号
bug
： 窃听
bum rap ： 错捕
burglary ： 入室盗窃
car bangers ： 汽车窃贼
career criminal ： 职业罪犯
child abuse ： 虐待儿童
chop shop ：
地下拆车厂
cocaine ： 可卡因
computer cleaner ：
消除财务信息的电脑黑客
con artist ： 行骗高手
con game ：
骟局
convict ： 囚犯
counterfeit ： 伪造
credit-card fraud ： 信用卡欺诈
crime of passion
： 激情犯罪；冲动犯罪
crime rate ： 犯罪率
criminal ： 犯罪
date rape ： 约会强*
deadly weapon ： 致命武器
death penalty ：死刑
death row ： 死囚牢房
defendant ： 被告
domestic violence ： 家庭暴力
drug abuse ： 吸毒
drug king （czar） ： 毒枭
drunk driving ： 酒后驾驶
edp crimes ： 电脑犯罪
embezzlement ： 贪污
first-degree murder ：
一级谋杀案
Accord: agreement
Air: to make
known, broadcast
Assail: To criticize strongly
Axe: To dismiss from a job; To cut, destroy,
take away
Back: To support
Balk: To
refuse to accept
Ban: Prohibition; prohibit
Bar: Not to allow, exclude
Bid: Attempt,
offer
Bilk: To cheat
Blast: Explosion;
strong criticism; To criticize strongly; strike
with
explosives
Blaze: Fire
Blow:
Injury disappointment suffered
Boost:
promotionpromote, increase, support
Chide:
Ridicule
Claim: To declare to be true; To kill
Clash: Dispute, violent argument, Battle (n.);
To disagree strongly; fight
(v.)
Cool:
Uninterested; unfriendly
Coup: Revolution,
change in government
Curb: Restraint, limit
Deadlock: A disagreement that cannot be
settled
Deal: Agreement
Drive: Campaign,
effort
Due: Expected
Envoy: Diplomat
Eye: To watch with interest
Face: Undergo
Fault: To find in the wrong
Feud: Dispute,
strong disagreement
Flay: To accuse; criticize
strongly
Foe: Opponent; enemy
Foil:
To prevent from succeeding
Gems: Jewels
Go-ahead: Approval
Grab: Seize, win
Grip: To take hold of
Gut: To destroy
completely by fire
Halt: Stop
Haul: Large
quantity which has been stolen and later
discovered
Head: To lead, direct
Head off:
To prevent
Held: To restrict
Heist: Theft
Hit: To affect badly
Hold: To keep in
police control; detain
Ink: To sign
Jet:
Aero plane
Jobless: Unemployed
Key:
Essential, vital, very, important
Kick off: To
begin
Lash out: To criticize strongly; accuse
Laud: To praise
Launch: To begin
Line:
Position; demand
Link: To connect
Loom:
Expected in the near future
Loot: To take away
of valuable goods unlawfully (v.); Stolen money or
goods
(n.)
Man: Representative
Nab: To capture
Net: To total; To capture
Nod: Approval
Ordeal: Painful experience,
drama
Office: An important government position
Opt: Choose; decide
Oust: To take power
away from, push out, drive out, replace
Output: Production
Pact: Agreement, treaty
Pay: Wages, salary
Pit: Coal mine
Plea: Request for help
Pledge: Promise
Plunge: Steep fall
Poised: Ready for
action
Poll: Election, public opinion survey;
Voting station
Post: Position in government,
business, etc.
Press for: To demand, ask for
Probe: investigation
Prompt: To cause
Push: Encourage, support
Quit: Leave,
resign
Quiz: Question, interrogation
Rage:
To burn out of control
Raid: Attack, robbery
Rap: Accusation; charge; To criticize,
reprimand
Riddle: Mystery
Rock: To
shock; to surprise
Rout: To defeat completely
Row: To quarrel, argument, dispute
Rule:
To decide (especially in court)
Rule out: To
not consider as a possibility
Sack: Dismiss
from a job
Sack (from “ransack”): To search
thoroughly and rob
Scare: Public alarm
Set: Decide on, ready
Slam: criticize
Smash: defeat
Slay: To kill or murder
Snag: Problem; difficulty
Snub: To pay no
attention to
Soar: To rise rapidly
Solon:
legislator
Spark: To cause; to lead to action
Split: To divide
Squeeze: Shortage,
scarcity
Stalemate: A disagreement that cannot
be settled
Stall: Making no progress
Stance: Attitude, way of thinking
Stem: To
prevent or stop
Storm: Angry reaction, dispute
Strife: conflict
Sway: To influence or
persuade
Swindle: An unlawful way of getting
money
Switch: Change, deviation
Swoop: Sudden attack or raid
Talks:
discussion
Thwart: To prevent from being
successful
Ties: relations
Top: To exceed
Tot: Child
Trim：To cut
Trigger：To
cause
Urge: insist, strongly request
Vie：To compete
Void：To determine to be
invalid
Vow：To promise
Walkout：Strike
(often unofficial)
Wed: To marry